Patents by Inventor James Lawry

James Lawry has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230222163
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing search suggestions are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving user input that includes a partial search query; identifying a group of candidate search suggestions; determining whether each candidate search suggestion is included on a list of search suggestions that are prohibited, wherein the list is generated by: receiving previously submitted search queries and search results; determining, for each of the search queries, a number of search results associated with a particular content rating; determining whether the number meets a threshold value; and in response to determining that the number does not meet the threshold value, inserting the search query to the list; generating a modified group of search suggestions by removing search suggestions that are on the list; and causing a subset of the modified group of search suggestions to be presented as the remaining portion of the search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, James Lawry
  • Patent number: 11593432
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing search suggestions are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving user input that includes a partial search query; identifying a group of candidate search suggestions; determining whether each candidate search suggestion is included on a list of search suggestions that are prohibited, wherein the list is generated by: receiving previously submitted search queries and search results; determining, for each of the search queries, a number of search results associated with a particular content rating; determining whether the number meets a threshold value; and in response to determining that the number does not meet the threshold value, inserting the search query to the list; generating a modified group of search suggestions by removing search suggestions that are on the list; and causing a subset of the modified group of search suggestions to be presented as the remaining portion of the search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, James Lawry
  • Publication number: 20190138557
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing search suggestions are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving user input that includes a partial search query; identifying a group of candidate search suggestions; determining whether each candidate search suggestion is included on a list of search suggestions that are prohibited, wherein the list is generated by: receiving previously submitted search queries and search results; determining, for each of the search queries, a number of search results associated with a particular content rating; determining whether the number meets a threshold value; and in response to determining that the number does not meet the threshold value, inserting the search query to the list; generating a modified group of search suggestions by removing search suggestions that are on the list; and causing a subset of the modified group of search suggestions to be presented as the remaining portion of the search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, James Lawry
  • Patent number: 10169488
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing search suggestions are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving user input that includes a partial search query; identifying a group of candidate search suggestions; determining whether each candidate search suggestion is included on a list of search suggestions that are prohibited, wherein the list is generated by: receiving previously submitted search queries and search results; determining, for each of the search queries, a number of search results associated with a particular content rating; determining whether the number meets a threshold value; and in response to determining that the number does not meet the threshold value, inserting the search query to the list; generating a modified group of search suggestions by removing search suggestions that are on the list; and causing a subset of the modified group of search suggestions to be presented as the remaining portion of the search query.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, James Lawry
  • Patent number: 10133809
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking search results. One of the methods includes identifying one or more sessions for a query and associating watch times of the respective resources watched in the sessions with the query. One or more watch time signals are calculated for a first resource and the query based on the watch times associated with the query. A first search result responsive to the query is obtained, wherein the first search result identifies the first resource and has an associated score S. A new score S? is calculated based on a least S and a watch time function, the watch time function being a function of the one or more watch time signals. The new score S? is provided to a process for ranking search results including the first search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: James Lawry, Bryan M. Kressler, Stanislav Plamenov Angelov, David Kliger Elson, Christian Kaiserlian, David Agraz, Jeremy Hylton, Phong Thanh Pham
  • Publication number: 20160246805
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and media for providing search suggestions are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving user input that includes a partial search query; identifying a group of candidate search suggestions; determining whether each candidate search suggestion is included on a list of search suggestions that are prohibited, wherein the list is generated by: receiving previously submitted search queries and search results; determining, for each of the search queries, a number of search results associated with a particular content rating; determining whether the number meets a threshold value; and in response to determining that the number does not meet the threshold value, inserting the search query to the list; generating a modified group of search suggestions by removing search suggestions that are on the list; and causing a subset of the modified group of search suggestions to be presented as the remaining portion of the search query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Eileen Margaret Peters Long, James Lawry
  • Patent number: 9098511
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking search results. One of the methods includes identifying one or more sessions for a query and associating watch times of the respective resources watched in the sessions with the query. One or more watch time signals are calculated for a first resource and the query based on the watch times associated with the query. A first search result responsive to the query is obtained, wherein the first search result identifies the first resource and has an associated score S. A new score S? is calculated based on a least S and a watch time function, the watch time function being a function of the one or more watch time signals. The new score S? is provided to a process for ranking search results including the first search result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: James Lawry, Bryan M. Kressler, Stanislav Plamenov Angelov, David Elson, Christian Kaiserlian, David Agraz, Jeremy Hylton, Phong Thanh Pham